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This study is randomized clinical trial to verify the effect of nursing guidelines for patients undergoing left cardiac catheterization on an outpatient basis. Comparing three approaches to direct guidelines about the procedure:

printed,

digital video disc (DVD)

conventional guidelines provide by nursing team

Detailed Description

This study is randomized clinical trial to verify the effect of nursing guidelines for patients undergoing left cardiac catheterization on an outpatient basis. Comparing three approaches to direct guidelines about the procedure:

The three groups of patient received: 1)informative material in details about the cardiac catheterization provide by the researchers; 2)informative provide by a digital video disc; 3)the control group received the conventional informative provide by the nursing team.

Study Arms

No Intervention: Control group

The control group received the guidelines orientation provide by nursing team

Experimental: Guidelines printed group

The patient received the informative material in details about the cardiac catheterization provide by the researchers

Intervention: Other: Printed, digital video disc

Experimental: Guidelines digital video disc group

Guidelines digital video disc group: The patient received the informative provide by digital video disc in details about the cardiac catheterization

Intervention: Other: Printed, digital video disc

Publications *

Not Provided

* Includes publications given by the data provider as well as publications
identified by ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier (NCT Number) in Medline.

Recruitment Information

Recruitment Status ICMJE

Completed

Enrollment ICMJE

150

Completion Date

October 2009

Primary Completion Date

July 2009 (Final data collection date for primary outcome measure)

Eligibility Criteria ICMJE

Inclusion Criteria:

Patients undergoing the procedure were included, with age equal or superior to 18 years

Exclusion Criteria:

patients who had already undergone previous procedures similar severe comorbidities, illiterate and who came to the facility to urgently

Sex/Gender

Sexes Eligible for Study:

All

Ages

18 Years and older (Adult, Senior)

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

No

Contacts ICMJE

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